Honolulu Civil Beat | Are these homeless shelters a fad or viable solution?: Hawaii News Now Sunrise @civilbeat | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
You might’ve heard a lot lately about the community-focused homeless shelters, known as kauhale, that Gov. Josh Green has championed. He’s looking to build a dozen this year alone — much higher than his original plan to build 12 in three years, as Politics Editor Chad Blair told Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
Doing so won’t be cheap, but State Homelessness Coordinator John Mizuno is picking up momentum. His office has identified two possible sites on the Big Island, plus another on Maui and Kauai.
Reporter Jessica Terrell takes us inside a meeting at the newly launched Ho’okahi Leo kauhale to learn more about how the system works and what it’ll take to make it sustainable.
Read the full story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/homeless-villages-a-viable-solution-to-getting-people-off-the-street-or-just-the-latest-fad
You might’ve heard a lot lately about the community-focused homeless shelters, known as kauhale, that Gov. Josh Green has championed. He’s looking to build a dozen this year alone — much higher than his original plan to build 12 in three years, as Politics Editor Chad Blair told Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
Doing so won’t be cheap, but State Homelessness Coordinator John Mizuno is picking up momentum. His office has identified two possible sites on the Big Island, plus another on Maui and Kauai.
Reporter Jessica Terrell takes us inside a meeting at the newly launched Ho’okahi Leo kauhale to learn more about how the system works and what it’ll take to make it sustainable.
Read the full story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/homeless-villages-a-viable-solution-to-getting-people-off-the-street-or-just-the-latest-fad
